Kosovska Mitrovica u ratovima 1912-1918

Abstract

The subject of the doctoral dissertation is the history of Kosovska Mitrovica during the wars of 1912-1918. As not much has been written about this town in the mentioned time frame, our goal is to process the topic from the historical, military and demographic aspect, based on available sources of domestic and foreign provenance, with the addition of existing literature. Through research, we tried to present in more detail and comprehensively the course of war operations and the liberation of Mitrovica in the First Balkan War, the conflicts between the Serbian army and Central Forces troops in the fall of 1915 and the liberation of Kosovska Mitrovica in the Great War in October 1918. political circumstances: the establishment of a new government in the autumn of 1912, the events that preceded the First World War, as well as the situation in the city during this conflict. In November 1915, the town on the Ibar was a "meeting place" for the Supreme Command of the Serbian Army, army commanders, Serbian diplomatic staff, representatives of foreign countries, journalists-reporters from the Balkan Front and numerous civilians who decided not to wait for the enemy army in their places. stay. The time of the occupation administration from November 1915 to October 1918 is also an important segment of the doctoral dissertation. Mitrovica in Kosovo became part of the Austro- Hungarian occupation zone, the Military General Governor in Serbia, formed on January 1, 1916, by order of the Imperial-Royal Supreme Command. As a city settlement, it was the seat of the so-called district. new areas. The occupying power brought numerous changes in religious, political and social life, which were mostly manifested in the field of economy, education and schooling, as well as in cultural activities. In order to present the research as clearly as possible, we have divided the text into seven thematic units that follow a chronological framework. The list of used sources and literature, with an attachment in the form of photographic material, is given at the end of the dissertation.